Table 4.

Summary of the aims of the LucKi Birth Cohort Study

LucKi’s aims in preschool- and early school-age:

1) to study the aetiology and the prognosis of atopic diseases and overweight/obesity

2) to identify modifiable risk factors for atopic diseases and overweight/obesity

Long (er)-term aims of LucKi:

3) to study the long-term consequences of early life exposures and acquired lifestyle patterns

4) to constitute a scientific framework for initialising new (intervention) studies

5) to build a database containing information on childhood and adulthood well-being and diseases that is relevant to researchers, clinicians and policy makers